French

Over 2000 candidates from all over France tried out to be one of the 32 kids aged 8-12 to compete in the French TV children’s singing contest broadcast on Direct 8 called L’Ècole des Stars. This year, the winner was 9-year-old Léo from la Loire. He p...

One of the challenging things about learning a new language is getting the prepositions right because as much as you may want to directly translate them, you will almost always get into trouble doing this...

Here are the correct groups for the different animals I mentioned in the article a few days ago: animaux de la ferme le cheval (horse) le mouton (sheep) la vache (cow)...

noun. Example sentence:J'aime beaucoup la capuche de ton manteau.Translation:I love the hood of your coat.

verb. Example sentence:Mets ton bonnet, tu vas attraper froid!Translation:Put your hat on, you are going to catch cold!

adverb. Example sentence:nous sommes installés autour de la cheminée pour discuter.Translation:We settled around the fireplace to talk.

noun. Example sentence:Je vais faire un don à l'UNICEF en faveur des enfants illettrés.Translation:I'm going to make a donation to UNICEF for illiterate children.

noun. Example sentence:J'espère que 2008 sera une année de paix dans le monde.Translation:I hope that 2008 will be a year of peace in the world.

noun. Example sentence:Il va demander une augmentation à son chef pour la nouvelle année.Translation:He's going to ask his boss for a raise for the new year.

verb. Example sentence:Je n'ai pas encore répondu à toutes les cartes que j'ai reçues.Translation:I still have not answered all the greeting cards I have received.

“Je ne suis pas d’accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je me battrai jusqu’à la mort pour que vous ayez le droit de le dire.” (”I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it.”) - Voltaire Just as this famous French philosopher promised, the French have the rig...

noun. Example sentence:Selon l'étiquette, il faut envoyer ses vœux avant la fin du mois de février.Translation:According to etiquette, you have to send your greetings before the end of February.

adverb. Example sentence:Son vin chaud n'est pas assez épicé.Translation:His mulled wine is not spicy enough.

Arrange the words intofour groups: animaux de la ferme (farm animals), animaux de compagnie (pets), insectes (insects), animaux aquatiques (aquatic animals)...